[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 110 (Friday, June 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32308-32309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12737]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XH63
Permits; Foreign Fishing
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of foreign fishing application; reopening of
comment period.
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SUMMARY: NMFS reopens the public review and comment period that closed
May 30, 2008, for information regarding a foreign fishing application
submitted under provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
DATES: Comments must be received by June 20, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send comments or requests for a copy of the application to
NMFS, Office of International Affairs, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
Comments on this notice may also be submitted by e-mail to
[email protected]. Include in the subject line the following
document identifier: RIN 0648-XH63.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Rogers, Office of
International Affairs, (301) 713-9090.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 204(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1824(d))
provides, among other things, that the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) may issue a transshipment permit which authorizes a vessel
other than a vessel of the United States to engage in fishing
consisting solely of transporting fish or
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fish products at sea from a point within the U.S. Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ) or, with the concurrence of a state, within the boundaries
of that state to a point outside the United States. In addition, Public
Law 104-297, sec. 105(e) directs the Secretary to issue section 204(d)
permits for up to 14 Canadian transport vessels to receive Atlantic
herring harvested by United States fishermen within the boundaries of
the State of Maine or within the portion of the EEZ east of the line 69
degrees 30 minutes west and within 12 nautical miles from the seaward
boundary of that State.
Section 204(d)(3)(D) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act provides that an
application may not be approved until the Secretary determines that
``no owner or operator of a vessel of the United States which has
adequate capacity to perform the transportation for which the
application is submitted has indicated ... an interest in performing
the transportation at fair and reasonable rates.'' NMFS is publishing
this notice as part of its effort to make such a determination with
respect to the application described below.
Summary of Application
NMFS has received an application requesting authorization for 11
Canadian transport vessels to receive transfers of herring from U.S.
purse harvesting vessels for the purpose of transporting the herring to
processing plants in Canada. The transshipment operations will occur
within the boundaries of the State of Maine or within the portion of
the exclusive economic zone east of the line 69 degrees 30 minutes west
and within 12 nautical miles from the seaward boundary of that State.
Interested U.S. vessel owners and operators may obtain a copy of
the complete application from NMFS (see ADDRESSES).
Dated: June 2, 2008.
Rebecca Lent,
Director, Office of International Affairs, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. E8-12737 Filed 6-5-08; 8:45 am]
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